tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 04 18:48:44 1998
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Re: KL BC - jImugh 'e' jInIDlI' 'a Qatlh
ja'pu' Qov:
>Hee hee. qaStaHvIS wa' DIS, mu'meyvetlh DungDaq pongwIj'e' neH
>vIleghtaH. pa' latlh pong vIleghDI' jIyev.
mugh tuv'el:
>TRANS: During the year, I saw those words above on my name only.
>I paused as soon as I saw the additional name there.
ja'qa' Qov:
>Not quite what I said, actually. Check the location of the locative
>and recall how noun-noun's work. "in (those words' area above)"
>"For one year I saw only MY name above those words."
For whatever reason, this {latlh pong} implies "someone else's name"
to me a lot more strongly than it does "the additional name". It's
moderately ambiguous, but the triple whammy of context, my experience
with Qov's phrasing, and my own practice of avoiding {latlh X} where
{latlh} alone would work tells me that I should at least mention it.
-- ghunchu'wI'